Heinz Kautzleben

Heinz Kautzleben (left) and Sigmund Jähn at the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin (2017)

Heinz Kautzleben (born March 31, 1934 in Kelbra ) is a German geophysicist and academy professor who works mainly in geomagnetics and cosmos research .

education

Heinz Kautzleben was born and raised in Kelbra am Kyffhäuser . His father was a master baker there, was drafted into the military in 1940 and disappeared during the war. From 1940 to 1952 Kautzleben attended elementary school in Kelbra and secondary school in Sangerhausen , where he obtained his Abitur . The teachers had promoted his mathematical and scientific talents.

Kautzleben studied geophysics from 1952 at the University of Leipzig (renamed Karl Marx University Leipzig (KMU) in 1953 ), where he heard lectures from well-known professors such as Robert Lauterbach , director of the Institute for Geophysical Exploration, and Banseler , who was responsible for the scientific development of Sponsored Kautzleben after graduating. He completed his studies at the beginning of 1957 with a degree in physics with the rating “very good”. The thesis dealt with the hydrodynamic theory of plasma and hydromagnetic waves in near-earth space.

As a geophysicist at the academy in Potsdam

After graduating in 1957, Kautzleben worked at the Geomagnetic Institute Potsdam of the German Academy of Sciences (DAW), initially as a research assistant and research assistant until 1965, then as a department head until 1967. He received his doctorate in 1962 at KMU Leipzig , Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, with the dissertation for Dr. rer. nat. (Doctoral supervisor : Banseler ).

Kautzleben completed his habilitation in 1966 at the University of Leipzig with the habilitation thesis for Dr. rer. nat. habil. From 1964 to 1969 he taught part-time at the Humboldt University of Berlin (HUB).

In 1968 he became the acting director of the Geodetic Institute Potsdam of the DAW. In 1969, Kautzleben was appointed Professor of Geophysics at the DAW by Academy President Hermann Klare . From 1969 to 1973 he held a part-time teaching position at the University of Leipzig.

From 1969 on he was first deputy director, then from 1973 director of the Central Institute for Physics of the Earth (ZIPE) of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (AdW) in Potsdam , which he headed until 1988.

Kautzleben attached great importance to international scientific cooperation : initially in the International Association for Geomagnetism and Aeronomy , from 1971 in the International Association of Geodesy , where he became a member of the Executive Committee in 1975 and Vice-President in 1987 . From 1974 Kautzleben worked in the academies of the socialist countries for planetary geophysics. He was also a member of the Interkosmos coordination committee (KoKo-Interkosmos) chaired by the Secretary General of the AdW Claus Grote , whose deputy he became in 1988, while at the same time chairing the scientific advisory board of KoKo-Interkosmos. In the Interkosmos program, space travelers from other nations were given the opportunity to participate in Soviet space flights: this included the space flight of Sigmund Jähn in 1978 .

In this central institute ZIPE under the direction of Kautzleben, some of the scientific experiments that Sigmund Jähn carried out during his space flight in summer 1978 were prepared . Jähn was also involved in the evaluation of the scientific results by the ZIPE as part of his doctorate , which took place in 1983 at this central institute.

In 1978 Kautzleben was awarded the National Prize for Science and Technology . In 1979 he was elected a corresponding member and in 1987 a full member of the learned society of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR. Since 1986 he has been an honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences . In 1993 he became a founding member of the learned society Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin .

In cosmos research at the academy in Berlin

In addition to his function as director of ZIPE, Kautzleben headed the research area for geosciences and cosmos studies at the GDR Academy of Sciences from 1984 to 1990 .

In 1989, Kautzleben was appointed director of the Institute for Cosmos Research at the AdW in Berlin as the successor to Robert Knuth , and he headed this institute until the GDR Academy of Sciences was dissolved at the end of 1991 during the German reunification process .

Political activity

• 1972 to 1985 chairman of the “Wissenschaft” trade union in the Potsdam district
• 1976 to 1986 member of the district assembly in Potsdam
• 1984 to 1989 member of the SED district leadership in Potsdam.

After German reunification

At the end of 1991 Kautzleben was given early retirement. He continued his scientific and journalistic activities within the framework of the learned society Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin . Since 2001 he has been the spokesman for the working group "Geo-, Mining, Environmental, Space and Astro Sciences". This working group regularly prepares publications and in particular conducts scientific colloquia, for example on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Sigmund Jähn's space flight , which took place from August 26th to September 3rd, 1978.

The main research areas and scientific interests of Kautzleben are:

• Geophysics, especially mathematical geophysics
• earth sciences
• Remote sensing of the earth by aerocosmic means
• Space science
• History of Earth Sciences
• History of the Berlin Academy of Sciences and especially its learned society as a prehistory to the Leibniz Society .

Memberships and awards (selection)

• since 1974 member of the coordination committee for research and use of cosmic space (KoKo-Interkosmos) under the chairmanship of Claus Grote , since 1988 his deputy and chairman of the scientific advisory board of KoKo-Interkosmos
• 1978 National Prize for Science and Technology (3rd class)
• 1979 to 1987 elected as a corresponding member of the learned society of the AdW
• 1987 to 1992 elected as a full member of the learned society of the AdW
• 1984 Labor banner
• 1984 Patriotic Order of Merit
• 1986 appointed honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest
• 1993 founding member of the learned society Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin
• 2008 Daniel Ernst Jablonski Medal from the Leibniz Society.

Publications (selection)

Kautzleben's research and the corresponding publications relate in particular to geomagnetism , mathematical geophysics , geodynamics , satellite geodesy and remote sensing of the earth:

• Considerations on the hydro-magnetic theory of plasma - hydro-magnetic waves. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1958.
• Heinz Kautzleben, Gerhard Fanselau: For the evaluation of the potential calculations in limited areas - A contribution to the question of the normal distribution of the geomagnetic main field and the secular variation in the area of ​​the GDR. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1960.
• The analytical representation of the main geomagnetic field and the secular variation. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1963.
• Geomagnetism and aeronomy, part: vol. 1. / supplementary vol., Spherical functions. German Science Publishing House, Berlin 1965.
• Ed .: Work on the international geodynamics project in the German Democratic Republic (main volume). National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR, Berlin 1973 (Scientific editor: W. Schwahn).
• Ed .: Work on the international geodynamics project in the German Democratic Republic. Part: Progress report for 1973 and 1974. National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR, Berlin 1975.
• Ed .: Work on the international geodynamics project in the German Democratic Republic. Part: Progress report for the years 1975 to 1977. National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR, Berlin 1978.
• Heinz Kautzleben and E. Buschmann (ed.): Proceedings 2nd International Symposium Geodesy and Physics of the Earth. Potsdam, May 7-11, 1973. Pt. 1 and Pt. 2. Academy of Sciences of the GDR, Central Institute for Earth Physics, Potsdam 1974.
• Ed .: Tasks and results of the research work of the Central Institute for Physics of the Earth. Academy of Sciences of the GDR, Research Area Cosmic Physics, Central Institute for Earth Physics. Edited on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the German Democratic Republic. Central Institute for Earth Physics, Potsdam 1974.
• Heinz Kautzleben (ed. By the scientific committee): Proceedings 3rd International Symposium Geodesy and Physics of the Earth. Weimar, October 25-31, 1976. Pt. 2 and point 3. Academy of Sciences of the GDR, Research Area Geo- and Cosmos Sciences, Central Institute for Earth Physics, Potsdam 1977.
• Exploring the earth from space. Information for the speakers of the Urania, Society for the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge. Urania Presidium, Space Working Group, Berlin 1976.
• Planetary dynamics of the earth. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1982.
• Problems of geological exploration of the territory of the GDR. Lecture on the occasion of the Leibniz Day of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR on July 2, 1982. Session reports of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR / N, year 1983, No. 6. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1983.
• Tasks and results of cosmos research. Lecture to the plenary session of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR on February 23, 1989. Session reports of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR / N / Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Technology, year 1990, No. 7. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1990, ISBN 978- 3-05-500852-8 .
• Editor with Ursula Calov: Secure supply of mankind with energy and raw materials. Meeting reports of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, vol. 82. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2005, ISBN 978-3-89626-575-3 .
• Editor with Jürgen Hamel: Albert Einstein in Berlin. Lectures at the colloquium on March 17, 2005 and written contributions. Meeting reports of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, Vol. 78/79. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2005, ISBN 978-3-89626-519-7 .
• Editor with Jürgen Hamel: 50 years of space research - exploration and monitoring of the earth and space, based on the means of space travel. Lectures and written contributions to the colloquium on September 29, 2007. Meeting reports of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, Vol. 78/79. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-89626-756-6 .
• Claus Grote in the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin and the Academy of Sciences of the GDR. An essay on the occasion of his 85th birthday on August 8, 2012. Leibniz Online, 2013 year, pp. 1–14. Journal of the Leibniz-Sozietät e. V. ISSN 1863-3285 http://leibnizsozietaet.de/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/kautzleben.pdf
• Heinz Kautzleben, Peter Knoll (Ed.): Colloquium on November 15, 2013 in honor of Prof. Dr. Dr. hc mult. Helmut Moritz on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Meeting reports of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, vol. 119. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-89626-989-8 .
• On the 80th birthday of Dr. rer. nat. Sigmund Jähn, honorary member of the Leibniz Society , February 13, 2017.

literature

• Short biography for:  Kautzleben, Heinz . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
• Heinz Kautzleben: The Central Institute for Physics of the Earth and the institutes of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin that have merged into it in the period from 1950 to 1973. (PDF) Retrieved on September 3, 2017 (document from the Leibniz Societät ). 
• Peter Knoll (Ed.): The focus is on people - advances in geo, mining, environmental, space and astro sciences. Colloquium in honor of Prof. Dr. Heinz Kautzleben on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Meeting reports of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, vol. 120. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-86464-090-2 . (on-line)
• Karl-Heinz Bernhardt : Laudation for Heinz Kautzleben. In: P. Knoll (Ed.): The focus is on people - advances in geo, mining, environmental, space and astro sciences. Colloquium in honor of Prof. Dr. Heinz Kautzleben on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Meeting reports of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, vol. 120. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-86464-090-2 .
• Ulrich Hofmann : On the research cooperation between the universities and the academy. Experiences of a contemporary witness and co-designer. Treatises of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, Vol. 29, pp. 133–153. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2010. In: Academy and University from a historical and current perspective, annual conference of the Leibniz Society 2010. Edited by Herbert Hörz and Hubert Laitko .
• Ulrich Hofmann: The Academy of Sciences of the GDR - report from a responsible party. In: Research Academies in the GDR - Models and Reality, pp. 65–102. Leipziger Universitätsverlag 2014. Edited by Wolfgang Girnus and Klaus Meier .

Web links

• Literature by and about Heinz Kautzleben in the catalog of the German National Library
• The Leibniz Society sees itself and not the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences as the heir to the Leibniz Academy: A dispute for academics. In: Berliner Zeitung. May 10, 2000.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heinz Kautzleben: The analytical representation of the geomagnetic main field and the secular variation. University of Leipzig, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, dissertation 1962.
2. ^ Heinz Kautzleben: Statistical analysis of the geomagnetic main field. University of Leipzig, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, habilitation thesis 1966.
3. ^ Heinz Kautzleben: About the Geodetic Institute Potsdam. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on February 8, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
4. ↑ Werner Hartkopf: The Academy of Sciences of the GDR. A contribution to their history - Biographical Index. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1983.
5. ^ Heinz Kautzleben: On the 80th birthday of Dr. rer. nat. Sigmund Jähn , honorary member of the Leibniz Society, on February 13, 2017 . [1]
6. ^ Ulrich Hofmann : To the planning and organization of research at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR. Treatises of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, Volume 6, pp. 63–75. trafo Verlag, Berlin 2001. In: The Berlin Academy after 1945, contemporary witnesses report. Edited by Wolfdietrich Hartung and Werner Scheler .
7. ↑ Yearbook 1990/1991 of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR and the coordination and processing office for the institutes and facilities of the former Academy of Sciences of the GDR. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1994.
8. ↑ Werner Scheler: From the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin to the Academy of Sciences of the GDR. Outline of the genesis and transformation of the academy. Dietz Verlag, Berlin 2000.